Process.GetProcess("appname") via a web service

[NewFromMattel]

I have written a web service for so I can start, stop, and get the "running" status of a .exe file. I used the Process class for this. But... I get an error that the web service can't perform the function on the process (basically just creating the process object) because of access denied. So... how do I handle this?

Thanks

 

[chiph]

In order to do this, your web service pretty much needs full permissions. But web services run under the IIS account, so you'll need to explicit grant it permission using the .NET configuration utility.

Chip H.


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[NewFromMattel]

Can you think of a way around this? I also compiled a .exe file to do everything. But I can't seem to get it to return the status I want. So I can't check the status of the program. That is working by executing it from a web page.

Any other thoughts?

 

[NewFromMattel]

What about using remoting?

 

[chiph]

Have you taken a look at .NET's WMI (Windows Management Interface) support? You should be able to see if a program is running on a remote machine (again, assuming you have the appropriate permissions on the domain).

Chip H.


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